Birthday wishes go out to Sam Worthington, Victoria Jackson and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on August 2nd and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on August 2, 2025
Actress Victoria Jackson turns 66
Fun fact: One of her first TV appearances was on “The Jeffersons” in 1982.
Actress Mary-Louise Parker turns 61
Fun fact: Appeared on “Elsbeth” and “The Institute” this past season.
Director Kevin Smith turns 55
Fun fact: He’s cast his mom in minor roles in many of his films.
Actor Sam Worthington turns 49
Fun fact: Plays a soldier in Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon.”
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 82. Actor Joanna Cassidy is 80. Actor Kathryn Harrold is 75. Actor Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”) is 72. Music producer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig is 70. Actor Apollonia is 66. Actor Cynthia Stevenson (“Men In Trees,” ″Hope and Gloria”) is 63. Actor Edward Furlong is 48. “Today” meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is 44. Actor Marci Miller (“Days of Our Lives”) is 40. Singer Charli XCX is 33. Actor Hallie Eisenberg is 33.
Other popular or historical birthdays on August 2nd
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty sculptor
James Baldwin, author
Peter O’Toole, actor
Michael Weiss, figure skater (49)
Grady Sizemore, former Indians outfielder (43)
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